captiously

ˈkæp.ʃəs.li
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Translation of captiously into German

Adverb

finding fault

Dated
in a manner that tends to find fault or raise petty objections
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mit Einwänden
  • He argued captiously, frustrating everyone involved..Er diskutierte stets mit Einwänden und brachte damit alle Beteiligten zur Verzweiflung.
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Synonyms and analogies of captiously in English

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Examples of captiously in a sentence

  • The critic captiously reviewed the new film.

Translations of "captiously" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb
kleinlichadv.

Rather than celebrating achievements, they captiously highlighted shortcomings in the project.

Anstatt Erfolge zu feiern, hoben sie kleinlich die Schwächen des Projekts hervor.

The teacher approached the assignments captiously, marking down every minor infraction.

Der Lehrer bewertete die Aufgaben kleinlich und berücksichtigte jede geringfügige Übertretung.

pedantischadv.

She criticized his work captiously, nitpicking even the smallest mistakes he made.

Sie kritisierte seine Arbeit pedantisch, indem sie selbst die kleinsten Fehler beanstandete.

She read the article captiously, searching for inaccuracies to critique.

Sie las den Artikel pedantisch, auf der Suche nach Ungenauigkeiten, die sie kritisieren konnte.

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captiously: Examples and translations in context

He spoke captiously about her plans, indicating all the flaws instead of offering help.

Er sprach kleinlich über ihre Pläne, indem er alle Mängel aufzeigte anstatt Hilfe anzubieten.

The audience reacted captiously, murmuring disapproval at several moments during the performance.

Das Publikum reagierte kleinlich, indem es bei mehreren Momenten während der Aufführung Missfallen kundtat.

He approached every debate captiously, always ready to discredit opposing views.

Er führte jede Debatte kleinlich und war stets bereit, gegenteilige Meinungen zu diskreditieren.

The committee reviewed the proposal captiously, focusing on trivial issues instead of the main points.

Das Komitee überprüfte den Vorschlag kleinlich und konzentrierte sich auf belanglose Punkte anstatt auf die wesentlichen.

The manager examined the report captiously, ignoring the positive aspects of the project.

Der Manager untersuchte den Bericht kleinlich und ignorierte die positiven Aspekte des Projekts.

The critic wrote captiously, focusing only on the faults and not the artistic merit.

Der Kritiker schrieb kleinlich und konzentrierte sich nur auf die Mängel, nicht auf den künstlerischen Wert.

She expressed her feelings captiously, pointing out what was wrong instead of what was right.

Sie äußerte ihre Gefühle kleinlich, indem sie darauf hinwies, was falsch war, anstatt was richtig war.

Rather than supporting the team, she captiously pointed out every error they made.

Anstatt das Team zu unterstützen, wies sie pedantisch auf jeden Fehler hin, den sie machten.

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